About me
Hi, I'm Amy
When I went on my first diet at the age of just 19 years old, I thought it would only be for a few weeks then I'd easily keep it off for good. But I never could have imagined that for the next 10 years of my life, I'd STILL be trying to lose the weight.
Throughout my 20s, you name the diet and I've probably tried it. Calorie counting, low carb, low fat, keto, juicing, macros, high protein, Weight Watchers, meal plans, hours of cardio; the list goes on.
In 2015, I'd had enough. I realised that not one single diet I'd been on had been remotely healthy for both my body and my relationship with food.
I started thinking differently about my approach to food and exercise. I decided to flip my perspective and instead of always focusing on what I 'should' be cutting out of my life, I chose to focus on what I could add in to enrich it instead.
While applying this to my own life, I also decided to find out for myself about how to lose weight, but in a HEALTHY way that meant I would never need to diet again.
Over the next 8 years, I studied Nutrition Coaching, gained my Level 2 and 3 qualifications in Personal Training with NASM, and focused on a Weight Loss Specialism. And in 2023, Nourish + Move Coaching was founded.
I worked with women all over the UK one-to-one, helping them overcome battles of emotional eating and weight loss plateaus.
But while I was busy coaching other women to improve their health, mine was getting worse...
I was feeling exhausted most of the time that I didn't want to get out of bed. I struggled to have energy and everything felt like a mountain I had to climb. My usual happy self was being replaced by feeling low for no logical reason. I just thought I was burnt out.
Until earlier this year when I was feeling a lot worse, I had a few blood tests and doctors appointments. I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and told my blood tests from back in 2020 showed I've probably had issues with my thyroid for the last 6 years.
But me being me, I didn't want to rely on taking medication for the rest of my life. So I did what I did before: I studied a course in balancing female hormones through nutrition and lifestyle so I could bring my body back to a balanced state in a natural way.
Since then I've made everyday changes to my own nutrition, exercise, stress management, sleep and even the materials I use in the kitchen to help calm and rebalance my hormones as much as possible.
And now? I've taken my passion for helping other women break away from restrictive diets and instead learn to eat better, not less, and combined it with simple ways for women to balance their own hormones too.
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